Kevin Rowe — a firefighter from Chicago, Illinois
Marla Goldstein — a retired advertising executive originally from Brooklyn, New York
Jacob Silverman — an arts and culture journalist from Brooklyn, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,799)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob | $1,800 | $2,800 | $14,200 |
$6,199
3-day champion: $35,998 |
$13,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Marla | $2,000 | $5,400 | $11,100 |
$2,599
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,600
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kevin | $2,000 | $4,800 | $7,600 |
$4,099
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| CHINESE GEOGRAPHY | HOW SOON WE FORGET! | ADVERTISING MASCOTS & ICONS | PRESIDENT OF THE YEAR | POTPOURRI | AT THE "DELI" |
|
$200
[26]
China's easternmost & northernmost points lie on Heilongjiang province's border with this nation
Russia
Jacob
Kevin
|
$200
[11]
The Speaker of the House before John Boehner
Nancy Pelosi
Jacob
|
$200
[1]
Oh yeaaaaah! This brand with a wall-busting spokes-pitcher was originally known as Fruit Smack
Kool-Aid
Jacob
Marla
|
$200
[4]
1863
Lincoln
Jacob
|
$200
[19]
This synonym for "newspaper" is in the names of newspapers like Albuquerque's &, of course, Wall Street's
journal
Jacob
|
$200
[13]
One who offends the law, maybe a juvenile
a delinquent
Jacob
|
|
$400
[27]
From the Plateau of Tibet, this river serves as the border between many provinces & regions
Yangtze River
Jacob
Kevin
|
$400
[12]
The latest star crowned on "Dancing with the Stars" in November 2011
(J.R.) Martinez
Marla
Kevin
|
$400
[2]
This food icon, a tiny doll of white clay, cost $16,000 in 1965--heehee! Good decision!
the Pillsbury Doughboy
Jacob
|
$400
[5]
1868
Andrew Johnson
Kevin
|
$400
[20]
A coonskin cap is also called this, after a frontiersman who served in Congress
Davy Crockett
Kevin
|
$400
[14]
A word for a choice or dainty morsel of food
a delicacy
Marla
|
|
$600
[28]
There are over 2 million people in the mineral processing center of Baotou, on this desert's southern edge
the Gobi
Jacob
|
$600
[18]
The reigning World Series MVP, & we'll spot you "David"
David Freese
|
$600
[3]
In 1898 artist Marius Rossillon created the tire man for this company
Michelin
Kevin
|
$600
[6]
1946
Harry Truman
Kevin
|
$600
[21]
This champagne is named for a monk who worked in the cellars of the Benedictine Hautvillers abbey
Dom Perignon
Marla
|
$600
[15]
It was probably your first room, but you got kicked out of it quickly
the delivery room
|
| — |
$800
[24]
The native country of the poet who won the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature
Sweden
Jacob
|
$800
[9]
In the mid-1950s the rollout of this cigarette company's cowboy boosted sales by 3,241% in 1 year
Marlboro
Marla
|
DD
$1,000
[7]
1798
John Adams
Kevin
|
$800
[22]
Both a religious & social event, a quinceañera celebrates a girl's passage to adulthood at this age
15
Kevin
|
$800
[16]
It's what a jury does to arrive at a verdict
deliberate
Marla
|
| — |
$1,000
[25]
The 2011 Emmy winner for outstanding comedy series
Modern Family
Marla
|
$1,000
[10]
Comedian Pete Holmes provides the voice of a stock-trading baby in ads for this company
E-Trade
Jacob
|
$1,000
[8]
1930
Hoover
Marla
Kevin
|
$1,000
[23]
This King of the Belgians was born on April 8, 1875 in Brussels, presumably not in a can
Albert
Marla
|
$1,000
[17]
A state of mental confusion
delirium
Kevin
|
| SPYING | ODD WORDS | AMERICAN AUTHORS | POST-POPE | NOVELTY SONG LYRICS | PLANT IT! |
|
$400
[1]
A spy for one country who says he's working for another, or a Tom Clancy splinter cell video game
double agent
Jacob
|
$400
[16]
Improve your dog's vocabulary--teach him to obtest for a treat, meaning this
beg
Kevin
|
$400
[6]
A memorial sculpture in Annapolis honors this author & his African ancestor Kunta Kinte
Alex Haley
Kevin
|
$400
[18]
The "novemdiales", this many days of official mourning, follow the death of the Pope
9
|
$400
[21]
1968:"Tip-toethru the window, by the window, that is where I'll be"
"Tiptoe Through The Tulips"
Marla
|
$400
[11]
Fruit grows down from the top of the banana plant in clusters known for their shape by this anatomical name
hands
|
|
$800
[2]
The first member of this armed service convicted of espionage was Clayton Lonetree, a guard at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow
the Marines
Jacob
|
$800
[17]
Transhumance is moving cattle from the summer one of these to the winter one or vice-versa
range (or pasture)
Marla
|
$800
[7]
He's the author picturedherein 1960 with the winner of his fishing competition, Fidel Castro
Hemingway
Kevin
|
$800
[19]
All who vote to elect the new Pope hold this "avian" position
Cardinal
Marla
|
$1,200
[25]
1962:"I was workingin the lablate one night when my eyesbeheldan eerie sight"
"The Monster Mash"
Kevin
|
$800
[12]
In the 1610s John Rolfe fired up Jamestown's economy by planting this
tobacco
Marla
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Codebreaking revealed Japanese plans to invade this island way out in the Pacific, & the U.S. Navy was ready in June 1942
Midway
Jacob
|
$1,200
[22]
Influenced by "gene", it's a 4-letter word for a unit of cultural information
a meme
Jacob
|
$1,200
[8]
He was born in Chittenango, New York in 1856 & soon realized he wasn't in Kansas anymore
(Frank) Baum
Marla
|
$1,200
[20]
This color smoke is the signal that a new Pope has been chosen
white
Jacob
|
DD
$1,500
[29]
1984:"My hope of winning sank, 'cause I got the Daily Double now, and then my mind went blank"
"I Lost On Jeopardy"
Marla
|
$1,200
[13]
The rose seenhereis named for this Bohemian couples' dance
a polka
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Captain Cumming went by this name as 1st head of MI6, & his successors followed suit though their names didn't match
C
Jacob
Kevin
|
$1,600
[23]
7 letters long, it combines words meaning "leave your car" & "an arched structure"
parkade
|
$1,600
[9]
In 1913, just days before he was to move into his "Wolf House" in northern Calif., the house was destroyed by a fire
Jack London
Marla
|
$1,600
[27]
After a pope dies, the Papal Seal & this piece of jewelry are broken
the ring (of the fisherman)
Marla
|
$1,600
[26]
1959:"Fe-fe, fi-fi, fo-fo, fum, I smellsmoke in the auditorium"
"Charlie Brown"
|
$1,600
[14]
Plant formation is determined by the p/e ratio, for precipitation to this process, showing how wet or dry an area is
evaporation
Kevin
|
|
DD
$3,000
[5]
Normally a verb, in spy jargon it's a noun meaning acquisition of an electronic message not meant for you
intercept
Jacob
|
$2,000
[24]
Gather around the fire--the shanachie is here & he's going to do this
tell stories
|
$2,000
[10]
Though the real first name of this "Blood Meridian" author is Charles, he adopted a more Irish-sounding name
Cormac McCarthy
Jacob
|
$2,000
[28]
During the interregnum, the popeless period, this man governs; Ewan McGregor played one in "Angels & Demons"
the Camerlengo
|
— |
$2,000
[15]
Metaphorically, to be annoyed is to be stung by this plant of the genus Urtica
nettles
|
In Greek myth he became the prey when he was killed by Scorpius; now they're both in the sky
Orion